The Sun. — London, England, 1826-09-26 00:00:00

What good result can be expected from a war, concluel'ed by so weak a character as the Prince Royal, or any of the chiefs who now command the Persian troops ? With the exception of the new regiment of guards, none of the .Azinlbejan troops have even been assembled since 1822 ; at the present moment they are de ficient in every necessary equipment, and he has long ceased to have any European'officer in his service. The present Russian Ambassador has had the good fortune or conduct while not granting a single point, to gain the personal good will of every individual with whom he has been engaged, and has shown temper beyond human nature. A few days ago the Koem Makamentered his tent, pretending great fatigue, and saying he could hardly get through the troops who were march ing to the frontier ; and in a few days he hoped to tell him that Kara Bang was in possession of Persia. He merely smiled, and answered, he was happy to find they had the consideration to leave them in Tiflis during the winter. His presents have been few, and of small value. Pray excuse this. As usual, I have delayed Writing till the packet is closing. All hopes of peace are now at an end. The Envoy left camp this morning. A large Persian force has entered the Russian territory to aid the insurgents of Tulieh. One hundred Russians have been killed in this place; the aggression clearly on the side of Persia. - Ali Yar Klutz), the Assadou Doulah, is head of the war faction, supported by Abbas Mirza. Before 1 had finished this letter, the King had requested to speak to Prince Menzikoll, to beg him to point out some means of avoiding war, without sacrificing his character. A speech made by a Karabang Choush made great noise in camp. He addressed the King (Kishey)—"Man, do you call yourself the King of the Mahomedans, and idly pass your time in the Harem, when Musselmen are daily abused by infislels ? I was obliged to look on while Eve Russian soldiers violated my wife in Karabang. I spit at your beard." The Co/ontbiano of the 19th and 26th July contains a recorded att of the Deputies of the Municiptllty of Valencia and Apure, • assembled in the city of Valencia; this document is signed by a considerable number of names, several of which are the intimate friends of Bolivar, and it contains a long account of grievances which they have suffered under the administration of General *Santander, whom they charge with oppression, and opposing the wishes of the people, stifling that justice whick they assert is• due to them ; the document goes into their complaints at very great length, and is addressed to all nations on terms of amity and friendship with the Republic; it is dated June 30, 1826, signed by twenty-seven Deputies, and by their Secretary, Vi- Cento Michelona, in the 16th year of their. Independence. The Hampshire Meeting of which we gave an account, and on which we offered some remarks in our Paper of yesterday, affords a remarkeole instance of the folly of persons interested in the maintenance of the price of any given article, con'‘ening a meeting (which in the nature of things, must to a certain extent at least be public), for tir e purpose of passing Resolutions with that view, without having taken care to provide others competent to explain the grounds upon which those preutt'it are to accede to Resolutions ready cut and dry, In this case, a number of Country Gentlemen, deeply interested, no doubt, in maintaining the price of Corn, had conco&ed some sapient Resolutions, which they fancied were to produce a wonderful effect through the Country, but unfortunately none of these Gentlemen were able to explain the grounds on which those Resolutions, were framed with sufficient clearness to carry conviction to the minds of those present, the consequence of which was, that Mr. HUNT stepped in with Resolutions as little to the purpose, but pos sessing himself more power of influencing the audi ence, by addressing them, he persuaded the Meeting to adopt those to suit his object. The great Land owners of Hants have thus made a sorry figure in their own County ; and we would strongly advise other Country Gentlemen, not to expose the weakness of their cause, as well as .of their talents, by convok ing any other meetings, for an object like that of maintaining the existing Corn Laws, to the manifest injustice of every interest of the Country but one; for we are satisfied, that it will require a power of elo quence and rhetoric, far beyond what they possess, to convince the Nation at large that Corn can be allowed to remain the only article over which the principles of free trade are not to have any effect. The Landed Proprietors of England will find their best interests promoted by yielding to the universal feeling, rather than by persevering in an opposition which can never be effectual in preventing a regulated importation of an article, of which England does not at present raise a Supply sufficient for her population, if that popula tion ts not to be kept on short allowance. THE FUNDS. CITY, Twelve eaock. There is scarcely any transaction this morning in the n English so _ . Funds, C onso l s opened at 80k went to 8011, and are w for the ac count ; E xchequer Bills are 15 16 ; I n di a B ond s, 27 9 pm. There has been nothing of novelty for a in the Foreign Funds worthy of,noti ce , even Mexican Bonds are almost stationary, wonder ; th e y opene d at 61f bee n to the only alteration has to 61i f ; Chiliau Bends seem to wear a heavy appearance, an d are lower, in consequenceof the fear which is entertained that th e next dividend will not be forthcoming ; this security, which was 43 4 two days since, is now 36 to. Shares are quite forgot and it is at length difficult to quote prices of sehemes, so little business is doing in them, and those must be nearly nominal. Three per Cent. Consols, 80k ; Ditto for Account, 80 1 i; India Stock, 240 ; India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 27 9 pm. ; Exch e q uer Bala, 15 16 pm.. lloasia6 FuNns.—Brazilian, 64 6; Buenos Ayres, 60 2; 2. - •ldijan, 38.40 ; C o l om bi an, 1824,351 6 ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 40 2 ; Ditto 6 p er C ent., 61 i ; Danish, 57f 81; Peruvian, 8 ; Portuguese, '74 5; G , 13i. 14 ; Russian, 82i 3i; Spanish , iI Ilinirs.Anglo Mexican, 110 45 die.; United Mexican, 14 13 dis. ; Naco Peruvian, 11 10 dis. ; Brazilian, 8 9 pm. ; blb pm. ; Bolivar I 3 Co l ombian 6 r Share; Real del M on t e , 00 ;; Pe 814 Anxs.ritish Iron c orn Liierpool Rail-way, 4 3 dis. tinn y' 80 26 dis. ; 'Manchester and Consols 80i sellers i Four per Cepti. ZTwo o' Clock. , f. 4 61ii ; C o lombian, 35f 6; Real del Monte )& , 9 0 dis. ; Mexican B on d s , TEAR, ' 0' CZ 0 C.K. A very considerable sale in Consul s has just been made (200,000/. a 801), an d w h ich has sent them down to 80, sellers. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 79 8Q Danish Bonds 584. Do. for Ac Greek Do. 1825 fai Brazilian Bonds 65 Mexican Do. 1825, Ci Buenos Ayres D0..._ Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. 40 Itussian Do. 821 Columbian, 1824, 351 Spanish Do. 10i Sir Walter Scott, it is reported, is shortly to be married to a lady of immense wealth. Mr. Bruce, who, under the patronage of the late Lord Melville, Ifcams Professor of ,Logic in the University of Edin hur4ll, and afterwards Historiograph er to the East India Company, and lastly, in conjunction with Sir Hunter Blair, Printer to th e Ki ng f or Scotland, lately died, leaving behind him, to a maiden sister, 'm immense fortune, some say of three hundred thou sand pounds. The worthy Baronet, it is reported, has SuccessfUlly made love to this accomplished lady, who, ocher part, insists o n his receiving from her, ffire rriago, one hundred thousand pounds to clear his incumbratices. Who, after this, will say, that the cl6 hate of Scotland cold ? ;,. JOHN WICKS, JUN. ESQ., M. P. Yesterday evening a Meeting of the Committee and Freemen of Sudbury, lately engaged in securing the return of Mr. Wilks, as a Member of Parliament for that borough, was held at the Atigel and Crown, Whitechapel. The purpose of their assembling was to take into consideration the conduct. of that gentleman, in re fusing to'realise the expectations of the freemen, as regards the pay ment of their expenses to and from the place of election. The Meeting, it appeared, had not been called by advertisement, but by individual application, and consisted of about 50 persons. The Chair was taken about eight o'clock, by Mr. John Duce. The CHAIRMAN, in his opening speech, proceeded to comment upon the conduct of Mr. Wilks during the election. In a speech at the Black Boy, Sudbury, destitute of argument and reason, and calculated only to raise the torch of discord, he commenced by setting forth his own religious impressions and prejudices. He was every thing by turns ; and, in the exercise of his piety, at tended high church, low church, and meeting-house. He ap peared, indeed, a very religious young man, such as could not fail to draw down the blessings of all the old women of Sudbury. Indeed, it was almost a sin to say any thing to the prejudice of John Wilke ; but he would now proceed to the question more im mediately before them. They had seen hoW, after advocating Toryism, Whiggism, and Radicalism, he dwelt much on the reli gious principles which he wished to see promulgated through the country ; and, in the midst of this, he promised to take every man down to see him triumphantly chaired in Sudbury. The inference they all drew was, of course, that he would supply the customary mode of conveyance ; but Mr. Wilke now put in a plea that he could not adhere to the system they were accustomed to, because Mr. Uotch, the other candidate, would not agree to it, and that, therefore, if he did so, it would endanger his scat in Parliament ; but he said, if any of the candidates would take the lead, and ad vance money, he would directly follow the example. But now let them mark the proceeding in all its bearings. Mr. Wilke and Mr. Rotch go to Sudbury, and on the Sunday preceding the day of election, Mr. Botch takes his flight. There was then no longer any obstacle in the way of Mr. Wilke ; for the candidates that stood the poll had already advanced a portion of the expellee, with a determination to pay the remainder as soon as the electors had polled. There was no longer any plea for Mr. Wilke to decei►e them, as it was never known that a return had been petitioned against for the mere payment of actual expellees. Such a petition would not for a moment be entertained. In conclusion, the Chair man said, the members of the Committee were present, and no doubt they were ready to give a candid explanation, or• to answer any question that the electors might feel disposed to put; so that, to use a homely expression, the saddle might be put on the right horse. An ELECTOa asked if any of the Committee knew that Mr. W.'s plate was in pledge at the time, for the purpose of defraying the expellees of coach hire, &c. Mr. Joxis (one of the Committee) said that he did not. Mr. W. knew nothing of it at the time ; but Mrs. W. might have done so. ELECTOR—Do you believe that Mrs. W. would send a chest of plate from Mill Hill to Mr. Cross's, without the knowledge of her husband ? Ido not believe that she knew any thing of it. ELECTOR—Do you believe that Mr. Wilke intended to act he nourably to all ? Mr. Isaac Duce (another member of the Committee) rose to answer this question. It happened on the first Monday in June, he said, that he unfortunately became Mr. Wilks's liar; but he.de dared to God he hail never received a shilling of Mr. W.'s money. He had been accused and threatened in the streets ; but he hoped his character was still untouched. Previous to the election, Mr. Jones requested him to call on Mr. Wilks, and he did so, in com pany with Mr. Arbut. Mr. W. told him he had been advised by Counsel that if he secured the coach hire previously, he would be unseated, and he was satisfied that no f r i en d w o u ld wish hnn to incur that risk. He afterwards saw a Mr. Score there, who had since been gazetted ; and he said that if any man entering Sud bury had received 2s. 6d. only, the election would be petitioned against. Afterwards a letter was written to him ; and, in reply, he offered to pay the expencee. But, in the meantime, grand subterfuge had been found in Lord John Russell's motion. After that, however, he said he put aside 6,500/. to pay the expeucet. He (Mr. Duce) would ask the Committee if those expressions were not used ? Under these circumstances, he submitted that the Committee were justified in acting as they had done. [Mr. Duce here read a note, informing the electors that car riages were prepared for their conveyance to ifi'd from Sudbury, and stating that any elector, not preferring that mode of convey /wee, should, on his return to town, be paid his expellees.] In continuance, he said that the delusion had been kept up. They were told that 2,0001. had been sent down. When he and Mr. Broderip went down on the Sunday, they found Mr. Wilks just going to church. Mr. Score informed him of their tuission ; hut he said he would not enter upon the subject with the Lon doners that day. Mr. Score afterwards informed them that their Hills niiiet be made out and sworn to. That was done ; but, after a delay of three days, Mr. Score told them he had to attend a grand trial in Yorkshire, in which seven Counsel were engaged ; and he could do nothing with them for three weeks. Being worn out by Score, they went to Mr. Wilke, who said that if Score did not pay, he would employ another. They again went to Mr. Score, who told them that any man might have Sudbury, and leave the Londoners to their own candidate. But he (Mr. Duce) appealed to them as Englishmen, could any Member do au with out their consent ?--(No, no !).—So, between Mr. Wilks and Mr. Score, the business was settled. Mr. "awls said, that understanding a Meeting was to be held, he wrote to Mr. Wilke on the subject, and had received an answer from him.—(Cries of " read, read.") A warm discussion then ensued as to the propriety of mailing this correspondence. It was at length put to the vote, and de cided that the letter should be read. Mr. Lawis then read the following " London, Sept. 17, 1826. " Sic--Whatever may be your opinion, I consider it my duty to acquaint yeu, that I attended a Meeting of Freemen lastleven ing, at which it was proposed and agreed that a General Meeting of Freemen should take place at Whitechapel, on Monday the 25th instant. The freemen are so much disappointed, that general dis satisfaction prevails, and they are determined, if passible, to ascer tain from you at what time they may depend on receiving their actual expellees. It therefore rests with you to afford them that information. They have been told by us, and that from your own instructions, that, in a week after the election, every man should be satisfied ; and next, immediately after your return at the Crown Office, and we gave three days attendance to receive from every voter his bill of actual expenses incurred. By us they were received, but they remain where they were, locked up in our box at Whitechapel. The promises held forth are therefore considered illusory, and, as at the meeting it is determined upon to call your Committee to give a just and true account for this unusual way of proceeding, it must therefore appear to you, that we stand in need of instructions from you. It is necessary therefore to see you, or by your- putting us in possession, in writing, of your real sontimcnte, that we may read it to the whole when assembled toge tker. - (Signed) " LEWIS." In reply to this the following s wea received ‘, S t e—The style and tone of your letter are not such as either please or satisfy me. It contains statements which are incorrect, Lid inferences which cannot be supported. I have ahvays said, and now say again most distinctly, that whenever.' am apprised of any legal claims against me, I am ready and willing to ipeet them. But, before the meeting of Parliament, before I ace what course Mr. Ogilvy, or any other parties, may take as to the peti tion in the election, it would surely be madness in me to throw away any chances, or to supply, by imprudent payments, grounds which, up to this time, d o no t ex i st . fA'frtearthteisiiotinn agai n st nmoneystme, have honourably and legally p a id an d expended, amounting to several thousand pounds, I am sure the committee and freemen, on consideration, will believe me, when I say, that I will in the end take care that every thing shall be set tled to the perfect satisfaction of all parties.—l ant,S l ir K, B" .lB . 26. " JOHN WIL.KS, Junior, " New Broad-street, Sept. Whitehapel. ,, c . . " To Dl r . Lewis, '19., ix ;Iv a talk of legal claims as a Mr. ! ciao DUCE v i ewe d Mr. •?--- L ...., Was perfectly right, mere evasion. He said that Mr. who La wished when, in answer to Mr. O'Connell' said Mr. Wilks woe not for enlisting Mr. Wilks in their cause, ne . q te right : Mr. Wilks, ' to call a meeting however, had claeft:eire'efiMperrs. worth looking poor Bethnal-Green olaim no great merit in having betrayed a few reeo l u ti ous , weaver like him (Duce). He had prepared a which he would submit to the meeting. ho introduced oLnsawinl"hsigwheagrra-nukie of life, and he could Mr. Jorit s asked if it not Duce himself w . the this Ott el to them Sudbury, and trumpet of fonle—throwing plum-pudding into Su He thought leaving the lam y -paste covered with his addressee ?-- W w a a s s he not represented as bear in g 1 that every communication came through the committee' b At this time Mr. Arbut entered the room, and was as ke d ! Mr. HIBBIL, the Vice-Clutirman, whether or not he knew t ha t . Mr. Wilks's plate had been Pledged as security for ; the horse, and titoion. carriages? His answer was deemed evasive. • , Mr. The A C n it n a ti t repeated u r laithav have ill i : I r t c h r e e d i it. The CHAIRIAAN requested a (bred a nswer, e i t h er affirmative or negative. Mr. AIFBUr decliutd. The Vicz-CstatastaN said he was quite satisfied with the an.. icver tiiren.—(Applaiise.) It was then decided by vote (7 to 2) that the Committee Ind not done their duty. It was suggested, however, that five mem bers out of the sit had fairly answered the question respecting the plate, and it was hard that they should be tensured for the other one. The five were, therefore, unanimously exempted from the vote of censure. The Vwx-eitAtustAN declared that it was not for the sake of the Si. due to them, but with the general conduct of Mr. Wilke, that they felt dissatisfied. For his own part, if Mr. W. came into the room and offered him the Si., he would, before he re ceived it, ask him how he became possessed of it. Mr. WALOItON said Mr. Wilke had offered to sell himself for 7,400/. He said so in a chemist's shop, in the borough of Sud bury. lie hoped the press would do its duty and expose such doings. The propriety of introducing the subject of the Mining transac tion now became the object of discussion. Some objected to it u irregular, others thought it perfectly regular, and thought the thanks of electors were due to Mr. Clarke. The VIOL-CIKAIRMAN asked if they were met solely to discuss the question of the expellee, was it not rather on the manner in which they had been deceived by Mr. Wilke generally ? What was his conduct, when he bought Mines for 79,000!. and sold them to the Company for 121,000/. ? Many Members had been expail ad from Parliament for leas breaches of confidence. Many a girl who walked the town, had been received into a house of refuge on repenting of her conduct, and he hoped the Electors would now lay aside the consideration of the Si. and would petition the House of Commons against the return of Mr. Wilks. He trusted they would never receive his three sovereigns...—(Cries of no, no, we never will.) Mr. Isaac Duct again protested against the general conduct of Mr. Wilke, and regretted that the electors had been duped by him. He then proceeded to read a string of resolutions, to thu fulloiving effect :—. That the payment by the candidates of the lawful expences of voters travelling to and from the place of election, is sanctioned by universal custom, and recognisett*by the laws. That the warm and affectionate manner of Mr. Wilks's reception by the electors of Sudbury, and the triumphant manner in which he was brought in at the kead'of the poll, ought to have excited in his mind a desire to fulfil promises and engagements.. The meeting regretted that the expenses of London voters were not discharged ; that several drafts given at Sudbury had been dis honoured ; that many still remained unpaid ; and that several of the ummittee, in addition to their loss of time, are unable to pay ex pellees out of their pockets on his account. That the Meeting deeply deplored as a stain upon the age and the country, that Mr. Wilke should have been counte nanced and supported in many of his Joint-Stock schemes by a Minister of State, by several Members of both Houses of Parlia ment, and by eminent Bankers and Merchants of the City of Lon don ; by which means the electors of Sudbury were induced to believe him to be a gentleman & honour and independent fortune, and for that reason to give biro their support. Ansi they the more deeply regret this, as hitherto the Borough of Sudbury has been represented by honourable and respectable men. The next Resolution was, that a petition should be presented to the House of Commons, praying that a rigorous inquiry should be instituted into Mr. Wilke' qualifications, and also into the various joint-stock schemes devised by him, which appear to the meeting to have been of a more censurable description than those for which in former times, several Members were expelled from their seats in the House. Mr. BRAYBROOK disclaimed all knowledge of the resolution previous to the present reading, and he felt alarmed at their intro duction. The resolutions were then put seriatim, and carried unani mously. Mr. Jowls then moved the appointment *of a Committee, for carrying the resolution into effect, and that the present Chairman be Chairman of the Committee ids°. Carried unanimously. Six persons were then appointed as the Committee, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.-(Mt DAy.) John Allerton, of 36, Norfolk-street, was brought up on a warrant, for having committed an aimault, under the following circumstances. The complainant stated that he was servant of the Baroness de Gove,loll Gem-my, who had taken lodgings of the prisoner for tlirm guineas a week, or nine shillings a day. After his mistress had stopped there one day, she disagreed with prisoner and was about to leave, having offered him nine shillings as par agreement, but the pri soner was not content with this, and insisted on being paid for a week, whereupon the Baroness sent the complainant for an officer, in order to have her person and property carried off vi and armia, Whilethe complainant was about to perform the commandos of his mistress, the prisoner shoved him out of doors, and would not permit him to re-enter until such times as the Baroness had paid him 31. 3s. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE—WhO is the &MIMS ? Complainant--She was lately Lady Douglas, daughter of Ad miral Douglas. The prisoner stated that the Baroness had engaged his lodgings on Friday last by the week, and not by the day ; they disagreed on Saturday morning, on account of her whimsicalities. That she was difficult to please, might easily be inferred from her hav ing been in four different lodgings within them three weeks. —She had lately come from the Continent, in order to dispose of an elastie metres., and was accompanied by a French lady, whom she locked up in her absence. Thera was something mysterious in her conduct altogether which the prisoner could not put up with, and because he would not humour her oddities, she took it in her bead to leave hint, after having stopped one night ; and because he insisted on being paid for a week, the complainant treated him with insolence, whereupon he shut him out of his house. Sir RICHARD BIRNIR said he was warranted in putting him out if he had conducted himself in an insolent manner, awl dis missed the warrant. ' MARLBOROUGH-STREET—(Teris DAT.) Phrebt North, a curious looking woman, was charged by an elderly operative with h av i ng ro bb e d hi m o f a 6/. note and five sovereigns on Wed nes d a y l ast , at the Castle, Duke-street, Blooms bury. He appeared b e f ore t h e M ag i strate in a state of intoxica tion, attended by his sou and several friends, who seemed parti cularly anxious for the charge to he substantiated, and prevented his running out of theoffice, which lie otherwise would have done. Mr. CONANT questioned him as to the manner of the robbery, and his previous knowledge of the woman. He first said that he had never seen her before the above night, but afterward; ad mitted that he met her there by appointment ; that he had left his wife to live with her ; and that he allowed her to take the money out of his poeket, though be was quite sober., ' The Magistrates remarked on the flippant manner in which he made the charge, and his apparent inebriety. He answered them in a most insolent manner, and was ordered to be locked up till sober, or pay a fine ofbs. The woman declared that she had not seen the money, and that it was a charge made up by his friends, who did not possess the same affection for her u himself. She was, however, detained. MARYLEBONE.—(Tanis Day.) William Brads was placed at the bar, charged with being drunk, and threatening to kill his wife laat night. Henry Duckbridge, an officer, stated, that as he was walking along Little °James-street last night, he met the watchman, who told him there was a cry of murder at a little distance from where they stood, but that he was afraid of goiug there. Witness then said that he would go, and went accordingly. He found the pri • soner in a state of intoxication, surround e d b y a crowd, who seemed determin e d th a t no watchman sh ou ld apprehend him. prisoner,: an d gave him in chug& Witness, however, went up to the The mob then put out the lamps, and one ot them *frock the wit ness, k noc k e d hi m dowse, and took his staff from him. He got up however and took the prisoner to the watch-house. th e prisoner, but ordered him and good character, and ae- The prisoner's wife gave her husband a wh g et t i r. h - eG7tr:it knowkdged that he had been uniformly kind to her till last night, a fair Cyprian, was accused by John p: p r d a iu nd ha t i h l r e s t a i tened to kill her. his wife to get the officer'. staff. Elizaeth •lionchc/(#; Jones, a stout good-natured looking fellow, of detaining half a sovereign for sixpence. . - Jones stated, that he had meant to give her only 6d. for drink, whereas he gave her half a sovereign- Upon discovering which m istake, he asked her to return it, but she refitted. He then gave her in charge, and upon coming to the watchhouse she de livered the half sovereign to the watchhouse-keeper. The prisoner stated, that the half sovereign was what she ought to have had. She therefore strenuously contended, that it should be restored to her. The Magistrate, however, dismissed 411 putiek and or d ere d the k i d eovereigu to be delivered to Jones, FASHIONABLE INTELtIGENCE. WINDSOR, SEPT. 25.—Yesterday, the weather being Unfavourable, his MAJESTY nor august visitors did not leave the Royal Lodge. The same illustrious and distinguished party (as on Saturday), dined and passed the evening with his MAJESTY, together with the Lord Steward; and the other distinguished Men hers of the Household: His MA.lEsnt appeared re markably cheerful, and highly pleased with the music. Prince Esterhazy, the Duke of Wellington, Duke of Dorset, and Count and Countess Lieven, still re main on their visit to ills MAJESTY. The Duke of York rode out yesterday afternoon at one o'clOck, for about two hours. His Royal Highness inspected the new building erecting for his residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, the Royal Duke took his drive in his close carriage. Sir Her bert Taylor and Sir Willoughby Gordon, Quarter master-General, transacted business with his Royal Highness in the course of the morning. About half-past twelve o'clock yesterday, Lord Howard de Walden, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, left his residence in Audley-square for Dover, on his way to Paris. The account of the Countess of Eldon's health yes terday was very favourable—" Her Ladyship is a great deal better to-day." Mr. Meatis, the King's Messenger, who arrived in town on Friday evening from Lisbon, brought de spatches from Mr. Secretary Canning at Paris, through which city Mr. M. passed on his way to Eng land, to the Earl of Liverpool's, which Mr. M. de livered at Walmer Castle, Kent, where his Lordship is at present staying, previous to his return to town. Mr. Wilmot Horton, Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, arrived in town yesterday, from a visit to Mr. Huskisson, at his seat, Eartham, Sussex. THEATRES. DRURY-LANE. On Saturday this Theatre (highly improved in scenery and general decoration) was opened for the season, with Mrs. Centlivre'a comedy of The ;Yowler, an interlude called A Dutch Fair, and the. Marriage of Figaro. One of the chief attractions of the evening was Miss E. Tree's Plokinte,' a chaste, spirited, and lady-like performance. The appearance of this young candidate for histrionic fame is highly prepossessing. Her countenance is arch, intelligent, and, when lit up with expression, handsome. The tones of her voice, too, peculiarly soft and femi nine—" an excellent thing in woman"—as Shakapeare says. In the earlier scenes of the comedy Miss E. Tree had few opportunities of display, but as the plot deepened, her ability seemed to deepen with it, and formed an ad mirable comment on the text of Mrs. Centlivre. This was very evident in the scene subsequent to that one, in which by the superior dexterity of Flora, Colonel Britton (Ar cher), has been led away from the chamber of Violante, an incident, which the latter gave with such Iffect as to produce the most enthusiastic applause. The Lissardo of Harley deserves mention from its lively and burlesque character, as also the Flora of Mrs. Davison, who played the part throughout with corresponding archness. A di vertisernent, entitled a " Dutch Fair" followed, with only one incident in it worth mention : the introduction of two children, one habited as a Dutch Burgomaster, the other as a farmer's wife of Austrian Brabant. At the termination of this divertisement, Mr. Wallack (stage manager), came forward and apologized for Mrs. Austin, who being seized with sudden hoarseness, claimed the indulgence of the Audience for her performance of the Countess Almatica,iis Figaro. The Susannah of this Opera, introduced for the first time Miss A. Tree, sister of Mrs. Bradihaw, who was received with considerable applause. In' her duet with Mrs. Austin, she had to contend with no ordinary diffi culties, for that lady happening to be too weak to go through with her part, the whole fell to the lot of Miss A. Tree; who in both instances, acquitted herself with sur prising success. Harley, the bustling, quaint Mercurial Harley, was the Figaro, and Miss Cubitt, the Cherubino of the evening. The other parts were sustained with the usual respectability. One word, with respect to the New Management of this Theatre. It is under the sole (so at least we are in formed), guidance of Mr. Price, an American Gentleman well known for his spirited and successful theatrical specu lations. This augurs well for the drama, and we would hope, that under such active superintendence, the drivel ling ribaldry that, in the shape of Pantomime and Melo drame, has so long corrupted the national taste, will be ex changed for the more intellectual comedies and tragedies,that years ago were the pride and delight of our fathers. There is, we can assure Mr. Price, a rich store of amusement in many of the old dramas that now lie neglected on the shelves; and are solely confined to the literati. Marlow, Porde, and 'Webster in particular (with slight alterations) are rich in " sterling stu ff ;" Messinger and - Shirley abound in point; Middleton in incident that may be turned to admirable account ; while Ben Johnson, Decker, and Beau mont and Fletcher, comprise in themselves every variety of comic and tragic excellence. We trust that Mr. Price will condescend to take our hint and pay some little atten tion to these neglected worthies. COVENT-GARDIIN. The Tragedy (such as it is) of Pizarro, together with the amusing Afterpiece of Charles the Second, were se leered last night for performance at the opening of this Theatre. Mr. Young was the Ralles of the evening; and, with the exception of a slight apparent irritation in his manner, proceeding from an injudicious interruption in the fourth act on the part of the audience, gave great effect' to the high-spirited and chivalrous Peruvian. The piece itself is taken from a betiatiful little taleby Marmontelbenti tled the " Incas of Peru ;" but to those acquainted with the original, possesses very inferior claims on attention. It is far too full of clap-trap, and: sentiments not of a healthy character ; but a sickly sort of spurious *implicit) , which is the admiration of the school-boy ; but the con tempt of the adult. Mr. Cooper (who we grieve to state has an injudicious taste In wigs, a defect the more to be regretted, inasmuch as it is the wisest part of his head), wal the Alonzo of the evening, a character well suited to his mediocrity. Mr. Egerton represented • the King, and Mrs. Fawcit—or rather her lungs—Elrira, which is per fectly correct, seeing that the part throughout is " vox et prteterea nihil."—ln the After-piece of Charles the Se cond, Kemble was as mercurial as ever in the Monarch, and Jones as characteristic in Rochester. The former (not his representative but the King himself), affords a singular instance of undeserved celebrity. He has gone down to posterity as an emblem of every jovial, generous, and good-hearted feeling , wherea s it would be difficult in the annals of royal depravity to find a more finished reprobate. As a monarch, he was a traitor to his country; a pen sioner of France--as a husband, despotic and hypocri tical--mss a friend, ungrateful and mercenary— aa f at her heartless—all a man, an epitome of all th at is detestable in our nature. His good-humour, he w.. e ver, which after all was only the heartless levity o f libertinism, has redeemed him, and to thi s c i n ating quality Mr. C. Kemble gave the highest fu.. effect. The character of Mary ; .ntrodu possible ced Miss Glover (a pretty girl) to the notice of a London audience. She was favourably received, and did every j ustice • that the nature of her part would allow. On the formances of the evening were highly whole, the pit satisfactory, auttli_ from the talent of the Manager we may augur favoorist. of the season, we would say there is every reason to ann cipate a sueoessful one. SADLEnfs WELLS. This entertaining place of Summer resort is about to close, after one of the most successful seasons it has ever known. The present Managers hare been un ceasing in their efforts to procure novelty. It has long been found that the aquatic exhibitions which have been represented here were productive of very unplea sant consequences to the performers; indeed, it is said that the elder Grimaldi attributed much of his present indisposition to the damps which have arisen from the passage of the New River under the stage, which has now been checked. As a substitute however, for this amusement, the proprietors have this season inclosed the space in front of the Theatre, and with the assistance of some very clever boys, and equally clever ponies, got up a species of pony race, the result of which has fully answered all the anticipa. tions of the proprietors. They have also adopted a system of changing the pieces more frequently than hitherto, so that the irdiabitants in this populous guar ter of the town have had a greater opportunity of Avit neseing exhibitions of this nature than has previously been permitted them. M. GoufFe, the celebrated Island Ape, has been engaged at a considerable ex pence, and plays fbr the first time on Thursday next. RAMSGATE, SEPT. 24, 1826. The Races of Margate (which they may be called, rather than of the Isle of Thanet) passed off gaily. The last day they were very numerously and even fashionably attended. They would almost have vied with the Derby at Epsom, so various were the vehicles and company assembled ; even bathing-ma chines were put in requisition, and one could almost have fancied that some of the spectators were really in their bathing dresses. One of the 'horses for the limiters' Stakes broke down, and the poor rider was very much injured, so as to cause a report of his death. The only other unfortunate circumstanee which took place, was that of a gentleman having his pocket picked of between 3 and 4001. in one of the booths, with which the thief got clear off. A well merited but severe punishment for the folly of carry ing so much money to such a place. The scandalous aspersions which appeared in a Morning Paper (the Herald) respecting the Plate won by Sir Godfrey Webster in a sailing match, has caused him to quit this place. He read the paper at the Albion Hotel, where he was staying, and on corn mg to those epistolary remarks on himself, he pocket ed the paper, called for his bill, walked out, and set sail in his beautiful yacht " instanter." Hs is now at Dover waiting for the Regatta, which is very shortly to take place there. The numberless stories prevalent here about this eccentric Baronet, would fill the entire of your columns, but it is useless to detail them, as " Rumour is a pipe "Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures; a And of so city and so plain a stop, " That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, " The still discordant wavering multitude, " Can play upon The Admiralty yacht, and that of the Victualling- Office, arrived here yesterday, with one or more of the Commissioners. Sir William Curtis imme diately on their arrival, paid them a complimentary visit on board. The worthy Baronet is looking ex ceedingly well, though hitt loco-motive powers seem rather to misgive him. The visitors of tins place con sider themselves extremely ill-used by the General Steam-Boat Navigation Company, as they have taken their regular packet, " The City of London," from this station, to replace the 4( RoNol sovereign" on the Margate statioti , . which broke 'down last WednestAy4 and yesterday, a heavy ov er - sea b oa t, called The . Lord Afelsalle," was sent in her place, whieh after making several attempts, managed to get into-the her, hour and land her passengers, who were not a little nervous on the occasion. The policy of this Corn pany continuing their labours, after so many and such singular failures, has been questioned by many. There is a Highland piper here, going about the town, whom report says is the Colonel IViacd-tt who has laid a wager of 1,000/. that in six months ha will return with 100/. in his pocket, out of what he may receive, after paying all his expellees. The colours of the Custom-house are hung half mast high, in. consequence of the death of M r . Baker, the Comptroller, who is to be buried on Tuesday next. lie appears to have been a man much beloved and re spected here. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, Sitrr. The number of subscribers present yesterday, was lees nume rous than might have beep' expected, and fell infinitely abort of the attendance on the'Epsom settling-day. This, however, is in part accounted for, by the fact of most, if not all, hats with the Yorkshire and other North country gentlemen being settled on the spot, which could not be the case for the Derby and Oaks. Some few were under an impression, that the cause of many not being present, was a belief that the new regulation of the Joao', Club, in the postponement of the settling-day for Epsom to the Tuesday, applied also to the St. Leger, which le not the ease, the proper settling-day for the St. Leger being the following deist Doncaster ; the bets with South country gentleman Imelda to et tend there, being payable or receivable (as the ale may be), on the following, at Tatteriall's. The actual rearron, hoWever, of the non-attendance yeeterday of many of the higher elaesee, is ari 'un derstanding that they attend at Newmarket next week (being the First October Meeting), rind there pay and receive, (as was the 0111111 last year), till which time many brevy accounts stafttl over. The business yesterday went off very smoothly, nothing having transpired of an unpleasant totture. Some few bets, indeed, stood over with parties present, but who are men of und ou bt e d h onour and goodness. The only levanter of an y na t e , i s t h e partyso sig nificantly alluded to in the Doncaster r e p or t of yesterday. Of course little betting took place; we can only quote t h e fol lowing GRIM) VI/Kr MICHAEL ANI) ST. Malta STAVES (lezwitastleT). Problem and Goshawk are the favourites, but there are not as yet any definite odds. ntltalr, 1827. 18 to 1 on the field. tr.. utarst, 1827. lb to 1 agst Revi►wer 1 20 to 1 apt arty 0 011, - 18 to 1 apt Granby GLAMORGANSIIIRE RACES:LWtom *tapas, Serr. IP. A gifttpititkes of 5 fIOVII. each, with 55 added. for hoist% heed in the I'rincipality or Monmouthshire. Mr. W. Lewis nam e d 1 r h. shilock 6 I 4 ) . Mr. Jones'a b. 1. Lydia ... I 5 7 Mr. Tynte named b. b. gly itt 5 3 Lord Clisrendon avoid SPo!lotosik•••• 4 It dr t.,,a`' .thrial M. Rirlardis hr . ' e. 1 6 dr Ilk. Hill's h. M. MO" Sweepetalte f3J r, 0 04- ,vi. tatb, for haltbred !wrote. Geutternea A 6 , Hider& Af r , itichssWi b. g. I Moggritige's b. g.Matfett * iFfr.mr, Davies'a b. g. Yeomen A Plate of tin Dors. free for any horn, Ste, Mr. Gauntlett', hr. c. Comedian Mr. Griffithes hr. 1. Spider 3 2 Mr. Pryse's b. h. Capita/1 Puff 2 th , Lord Clarendon's b. e. brother to Skiff die. A sa ver Cup, given by the Town of Cardiff, for brute* sot thorough-bred, ridden by farmers or &mare won ., was won b y Air. Morian's horse, beating three others.